*Let’s also assume that Mike has started Resistance Training his Full body x3 days a week and aims to stay active on his feet on the days he doesn’t workout. So he’s gone from the above to the now, the below picture shifting some weight in the process;

The thing is, Mike isn’t giving himself any real room for enjoyment with his Diet, he thinks he needs to eat healthy 24/7 without enjoying some chocolate, wine or ice-cream!

He believes as long as the food is Healthy, after a few months, he’ll be in serious shape,

BUT…

Because he continues to Eat Strict (Clean Eating we’ll call it), he’s now back to consuming not far off the 3500k/cal range again, just this time it’s Real, Whole Foods compared to the crap he used to eat before.

So he’s actually back at square one again and Weight Loss/Toning Up has grinded to a halt. (He’s actually regained a few of the pounds he initially lost)

Hope you’re still with me…

I’m driving home the point that eating Healthy does not always mean you’ll just lose weight if you’re not careful about it.

SO, WHY THE ACAI BOWL VS. THE MC CHICKEN?

Like I said above, people (might) think it’s another magic bullet to weight loss.

It’s not.

It’s just a marketing ploy to make you believe it’s the super healthiest thing on Earth & you need to be eating it if you want to be healthy/fit and lose weight.

I’m NOT attacking the Bowl, just using it as an example, but we’ll clear that up in a minute.

For now, let’s do some comparing;

So an Acai Bowl that’s full of goodness *could add up to anywhere from 350-550+k/cals, (AND is actually really low in Protein which isn’t ideal for Toning Up)

TheMc Chicken adds up to around 350k/cal,

See what I mean here?

In this case, it would actually ‘be better’ for Fat Loss to eat the Mc Chicken,

Why?

Because it’s lower in Calories overall.

But then again you’ll have things like fullness, potential cravings after the burger etc. that come into play but from a pure ‘calorie’ point of view, the Mc Chicken ‘is better’ for fat loss in this case.

(Side Note: I’m not saying this is ‘healthier’ option either, so don’t forget that. It’s just an example to drive home how CALORIES matter!).

And like everything you have to take this into context,

If you can roughly control the amount of food you eat daily/across the week and you’re losing weight just fine,

You don’t need to stress this stuff,

But if you’re eating Healthy for a while now and not making progress…

Maybe it’s an insight into why – You’re still eating too many Calories and possibly not doing enough work in the gym either.

And I’ll round this article up by saying this, these articles (1,2,3) have all the information you need on ‘what to do about it’ so I won’t just blab on here any longer.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Seriously, what do you think about the above?

I always intend for these articles to ‘come across’ a certain way, but has my main takeaway been driven home for you?

I’m not ignoring ‘Health’ but rather, just making you aware on what might be holding you back from making progress Every. Single. Week.

If you’ve any thoughts or questions, I’d love to hear them below in the comments or pop me over a direct email to david@thedoc.ie & I’ll respond as soon as I can as I respond to every message, comment and email I get 🙂